Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum

Richard Bowdler Sharpe

RA Collection: Book

Record number

15/3140

Author

Imprint

London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1874-79

Physical Description

4 volumes., 56 leaves of colour plates: illustrations (some colour); 23 cm.

Series Title

Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum.

General Note

Volume 1: Catalogue of the accipitres, or diurnal birds of prey, in the collection of the British Museum. Volume 2: Catalogue of the striges, or nocturnal birds of prey, in the collection of the British Museum. Volume 3: Catalogue of the passeriformes, or perching birds, in the collection of the British Museum. Volume 4: Catalogue of the passeriformes, or perching birds, in the collection of the British Museum.
Plates printed by Mintern Bros.
Printed by Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London.
Volumes contain uncut pages.
Volume 3 without plate 10; Volume 4 without plates 5 and 6.

With Note

With coloured plates by J. G. Keulemans.

Bibliography Note

Includes index in each volume.

Provenance

Presented to the RA Library in 1879.

Copy Note

Inscribed on front flyleaf in pencil 'S.A.H.' [Solomon Alexander Hart R.A.].

Binding Note

All volumes clothbound in brown with gilt lettering on spine with title and volume numbering. Volume 4 additionally has R.A. in gilt on tail of the spine.

Subject

Birds of Prey
Birds
Natural History
British Museum (Natural History), Catalogues

Contributors

Johannes Gerardus Keulemans, artist/designer
Mintern Bros., lithographic printer
Taylor and Francis (London), printer